I just Ran emacs 23 I was able to do some basic editing, and run a shell, and uyse emacs to look for processes with the word "emacs" in them:
aallison@Calcifer:~$ ps -efa | grep -i emacs aallison 4606 1 11 20:50 ? 00:08:17 /usr/lib/firefox/firefox https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/emacs23/+filebug/78074a20-0e15-11e2-9698-68b5996a96c8?field.title=packag aallison 5338 1 3 21:59 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/emacs23 aallison 5465 5342 0 21:59 pts/0 00:00:00 grep -i emacs aallison@Calcifer:~$ ... so whatevere the "bug" is, it does not seem lo limit my basic functionality fpr emacs. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1061566 Title: package emacs23-lucid 23.3+1-1ubuntu9.1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/emacs23/+bug/1061566/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs